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Do Incentives Increase Response Rates To An Internet Survey Of American Evaluation Association Members?, Lyssa N. Wilson

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This randomized experiment examines the effect of different incentive types on online survey response rates. The primary objective of this study was to determine the most effective incentive type to increase response rates to online surveys of American Evaluation Association (AEA) members, specifically.

Is There An Association Between Data-Informed District-Level Improvement Efforts And Data-Informed Instruction At The Classroom Level? An Empirical Examination Using National Schools And Staffing Survey (Sass) 2003-2004 Data, Xingyuan Gao, Jiangang Xia, Jianping Shen

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Introduction

What influences teacher’s instructional decision in the classroom? Our study uses nationally representative data to test whether there is an association between data-informed district/school-level improvement efforts and data-informed instruction at the classroom level.

A Comparison Of Students’ Perceptions Of Stress In Parallel Problem-Based And Lecture-Based Curricula, Sonia Wardley, Brooks Applegate, Deyab Almaleki, James Van Rhee

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Introduction

What is stress? Research asserts that stress is the mental state that results from an inability to cope (Burton 2004)

Why focus on stress?

• Persistent stress can lead to serious psychological problems such as interpersonal difficulties, depression, anxiety, and even suicide (Shapiro 2000)
• Several studies have found up to a third of medical students experience stress-related problems

The importance of this study comes from: A review of the extent literature suggests there is no systematic inquiry of the effects of stress experienced by students in LBL and PBL curricula in PA education

A Monte Carlo Study Of The Optimal Rank Order Relationships With Criterion Scores (Ororcs), Hongyan Cui, Brooks Applegate, Warren Lacefield, David Hartmann

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This dissertation study contributes to the field of measurement. It introduces a method to determine keys for a kind of test items that

1. Depict a specific situational context and provide a set of multidimensional alternative reactions to that situation for the subjects to rank according to their best judgment (SRT).
2. An examinee’s response to an item is a multidimensional ranking of the alternative options.
3. One administration of the SRT yields measures of multiple traits, so that there is no need to administer multiple criterion instruments.

Science Faculty Grading Practices On Quantitative Problems: Are Their Values Consistent With Their Practices?, Jeffrey Barney, Jacinta Macinta

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Grading practices can send a powerful message to students about what is expected. Research in physics education has identified a misalignment between what college instructors value and their actual scoring of quantitative student solutions. This work identified three values that guide grading decisions: (1) a desire to see students’ reasoning, (2) a readiness to deduct points from solutions with obvious errors and a reluctance to deduct points from solutions that might be correct, and (3) a tendency to assume correct reasoning when solutions are ambiguous. When values are in conflict, the conflict is resolved by placing the burden of proof …